Leaving History

Ooops...I meant Living History. For that the is the title of Mrs. Clinton's autobiography. I love calling her Mrs. Clinton, although often people liked to think that Mr. Clinton was really Mr. Rodham.



I salute you Ma'am!



Of course she is tough as nails. You can tell that from the very beginning. I can tell you though, am already tempted to "leave" the history. Her story is good but develops slowly in a logical way as opposed to in an excitable way. One needs a lot of patience to read it.  You have to be looking for something beyond the surface. Had I not a deep admiration of her, I would have left already. But my feeling is, there is more to this book. I want to keep up with it.

One of the things am looking for is if she is who she is by Nurture or Nature or both. When she describes her paternal grandma, you begin to get a hint that part of it could be partly nature for grandma Rodham is tough as nails too. She scares hammers away, for they would break instead. Her maternal grandma is nothing to write home about...so indeed, I will not write about her. Grandma Rodham is a bit of a control freak and a strict authoritarian.  Hillary's dad moves away from home in the guise of getting a job in Chicago but really it is to run away from her. Hillary's mum on the other hand is an exemplary example of surviving adversity. Truly, we always have a choice as to whom we can become. You are who you are because you chose and you choose...every single day.

Am eagerly awaiting the point where she meets Bill, for I will be looking for the beginning of  history. World history. I feel strongly that both of them are truly a product of each other.

On another note, I had a sneak preview into "Loosing my virginity" by Richard Branson. Now that's a book I would not leave! NOT AT ALL. That reminds me, I need to raid a certain somebody's library to get a copy. Ever the perpetual borrower I am. Habits die hard though I cannot say its necessarily been a bad one.

Here is a link to the excerpt. Enjoy! http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/books/losing-my-virginity 

Next week: More on Nurture vs Nature.

Adios!